eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

A vulnerability scan examines both internal and external IT systems to find weaknesses that hackers may take advantage of. By carrying out these scans, you can boost your cybersecurity defenses and keep your company safe from cyber attacks by identifying and addressing vulnerabilities before they are exploited.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. These tools play a vital role in ensuring the security, integrity, and confidentiality of sensitive information, such as personal data and financial records.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

After a year that saw massive ransomware attacks and open cyber warfare, the biggest question in cybersecurity for 2023 will likely be how much of those attack techniques get commoditized and weaponized. Also read: SANS Outlines Critical Infrastructure Security Steps as Russia, U.S. Trade Cyberthreats. RaaS and CaaS Continue to Grow.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

Penetration tests are vital components of vulnerability management programs. In these tests, white hat hackers try to find and exploit vulnerabilities in your systems to help you stay one step ahead of cyberattackers. Here we’ll discuss penetration testing types, methods, and determining which tests to run.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 15, 2023

Vulnerability management is the process of identifying, classifying, remediating, and mitigating vulnerabilities. There are many different vulnerability management frameworks, but the vulnerability management lifecycle of most organizations today typically includes five phases.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Organizations use penetration testing to strengthen their security. During these tests, simulated attacks are executed to identify gaps and vulnerabilities in the IT environment. Penetration testing can use different techniques, tools, and methods. See the Best Penetration Testing Tools. Pre-engagement.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Within the last couple of months, smart device vulnerabilities have been piling up, prompting businesses to protect their Internet of Things (IoT) environments. Teslas have plenty of vulnerabilities, as cybersecurity researchers have recently discovered. But as demonstrated last week, the vehicles are still a hazard.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It encompasses functions such as testing patches, prioritizing them, deploying them, verifying that they are installed in all endpoints, and in general looking after every aspect of patching. There are so many patches being issued to address so many vulnerabilities that it is easy to fall behind. What is Patch Management as a Service?

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Herjavec Group

MARCH 24, 2022

Contributed By: David Mundhenk, Principal Consultant, Consulting Services. While PCI Compliance has certainly seen a mix of both new trends and legacy approaches, let’s take a look at the newest and most talked-about topics in 2022: Approved Scanning Vendor Lessons Learned. Client-Side Web Browser Vulnerabilities.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

Businesses are venturing into using automated penetration testing to replace or complement their conventional cyber threat assessments. It’s no surprise, considering how time-consuming and tedious running manual pen tests can be. But first… What is automated penetration testing?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Today, we are reviewing the Frontline Vulnerability Manager by Digital Defense (a HelpSystems company). The Frontline Vulnerability Manager (Frontline VM) is a cloud-based vulnerability management solution that finds, investigates, prioritizes and monitors cybersecurity deficiencies in networks and business-critical resources.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

This and many other vulnerabilities pose a significant risk, as they not only permit unauthorized access to individual devices but also enable hackers to infiltrate huge hospital networks and cause mass disruption through malicious software. Vulnerabilities in medical devices present significant risks, expanding the potential for breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

Vulnerability assessment is the process of finding and analyzing gaps or weaknesses in a network, application, or organization’s IT and security systems. Vulnerability assessment is part of the larger vulnerability management process , and the goal is to prioritize vulnerabilities so they can be patched or mitigated.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Virtual patching uses policies, rules and security tools to block access to a vulnerability until it can be patched. Zero-day threats and legacy systems are two ways that vulnerabilities can be created for which no patch may exist for some time, if ever. We’ll focus here on how security teams deploy those defenses.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that nation-state actors are exploiting security vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN and Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus. The state-sponsored hackers exploited the CVE-2022-47966 RCE vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine. reads the advisory.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 22, 2021

An ITHC (IT Health Check) is a series of tests to ensure that your organisation is impenetrable to unauthorised persons. Just to make sure we’re all up to speed, the PSN (Public Services Network) is a UK government network which was established to enable public-sector organizations to share resources easily. PSN compliance.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2020

The amazing array of digital services we so blithely access on our smartphones wouldn’t exist without agile software development. Indusface has differentiated itself by going well beyond providing standard WAF blacklisting services. LW: What should companies understand about the cyber threat landscape? Why has this remained so?

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Vipre

MAY 5, 2021

As the ransomware epidemic continues to spread, ask yourself how vulnerable your business is to cyber-extortion. Because ransomware incidents can severely impact business processes and leave organizations without the data they need to operate and deliver mission-critical services. Do you have anti-phishing email security?

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 21, 2022

In a CISA Insights bulletin the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns that every organization in the United States is at risk from cyber threats that can disrupt essential services and potentially result in impacts to public safety. Reducing the chance of an intrusion.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

According to Purplesec, ransomware attacks have increased by 350% since 2018, zero-day attacks were up by 55% in 2021, and out of the 30 million SMBs in the USA, over 66% have had at least 1 cyber incident between 2018-2020. Vulnerability management is a critical element of information security. But we won’t stop there!

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Penetration tests find security vulnerabilities before hackers do and are critical for keeping organizations safe from cyber threats. Penetration test services have become common, with many security companies offering them. The program answers what, when, why, and where tests should run.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

A penetration test , or pen test, is the simulation of a cyber attack. The goal is to assess a network’s security to improve it and thus prevent exploits by real threat actors by fixing vulnerabilities. There are a number of complementary technologies often used by organizations to address security holes.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The development team behind the Jenkins server disclose a security breach, threat actors deployed a cryptocurrency miner on one of its servers. The development team behind the Jenkins Project disclosed a security breach after threat actors compromised one of their internal servers and installed a cryptocurrency miner.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 12, 2021

MITRE ATT&CK® is an invaluable resource for IT security teams, who can leverage the framework to enhance their cyber threat intelligence, improve threat detection capabilities , plan penetration testing scenarios, and assess cyber threat defenses for gaps in coverage. By Thomas Hazel, CTO & Founder, ChaosSearch.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 10, 2022

Checklist for Getting Cyber Insurance Coverage. As cyber criminals mature and advance their tactics, small and medium businesses become the most vulnerable because they lack the capacity – staff, technology, budget - to build strong cyber defenses. The necessity for cyber-insurance coverage.

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Herjavec Group

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

For many teams, the priority was set on keeping the lights on and surviving, leaving their security teams grappling to catch up once the company’s operations were already online. As cyber breaches and ransomware attacks skyrocket, businesses now have no choice but to face the truth — cybersecurity is no longer an option.

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NetSpi Executives

MAY 1, 2024

Organizations require visibility into assets that need to be protected, prioritization of issues to remediate first, and easy-to-understand reporting on proactive security measures. NetSPI has been tackling these issues head on and is prepared to lead the path forward with proactive security.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

By Tom Neclerio , Vice President of Professional Services at SilverSky. Both large and small healthcare providers continue to be a tantalizing target for repeated ransomware attacks due to limited security budgets that lead to an overall weakened cyber defense system. Cyberattacks are rapidly overwhelming the healthcare sector.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

To join the lucky winners, employees needed to scan a QR code, visit the linked page, and input their contact details. At the end of the day, it turned out that this was the work of the company's information security team, aimed at showing management how simply attackers could gather data for targeted phishing campaigns.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Application security is the practice of securing software and data from hackers, whether that application comes from a third party or was developed in house, regardless of where it resides or how it’s accessed. How Does Application Security Work? What Are the Types of Application Security?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

The US Department of Homeland Security revealed that unknown threat actors have targeted the network of the US Census Bureau during the last year. “Unidentified cyber actors have engaged in suspicious communications with the U.S. “Cyber activity directed at the U.S. ” reads the DHS HTA. critical infrastructure.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

If you’re a developer, you may already be familiar with the concepts of “ Black Box ” and “ White Box ” testing as it pertains to the development life cycle of your software. In the world of cyber security there are a variety of methods that security professionals use to evaluate the strength of a target’s security (i.e.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Cybersecurity can be difficult to implement, and to make matters worse, the security professionals needed to do it right are in short supply. Managed IT security service providers (MSSPs) make life easier for organizations by providing outsourced expertise and tools at a fraction of the cost, time, and trouble of doing it yourself.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

“People were shocked to discover that a long-trusted product had been compromised, creating vulnerabilities that bypassed thousands of its customers’ carefully built security.”. In other cases, businesses may go as far as scanning the dark web looking for any leakage of sensitive information from partners.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 23, 2024

The recent global shift to online activities, induced by COVID-19, has significantly impacted consumer perceptions of digital security risks. This flexibility enables organizations to redefine service offerings and stay agile. These risks encompass system outages, service interruptions, and vulnerabilities within the supply chain.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Budworm cyber espionage group (aka APT27 , Bronze Union , Emissary Panda , Lucky Mouse , TG-3390 , and Red Phoenix) is behind a series attacks conducted over the past six months against a number of high-profile targets, including the government of a Middle Eastern country, a multinational electronics manufacturer, and a U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

A cyberattack is any action taken by a cyber criminal in an attempt to illegally gain control of a computer, device, network, or system with malicious intent. Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Also read: Best Antivirus Software of 2022. Cyberattack Statistics.

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